Today, June 24, 2023, one of the strongest draughts players in the world, international grandmaster Arunas Norvaishas, suddenly passed away.

Arunas Norvaishas (lit. Arūnas Norvaišas) was a Lithuanian player specializing in draughts-64.

He was born on October 15, 1963 in Siauliai, USSR, Lithuania. He died on June 24, 2023 in Vilnius, Lithuania. (more…)

ATTENTION! IDF calendar updated (see HERE).

The following draughts-64 competitions will be held in Türkiye, at the Beach Club Doğanay 5* hotel, Alanya, from October 20 to October 29, 2023:

1) World Youth Championship among boys and girls in 6 age groups:
Juniors – boys and girls up to 27 years old (born in 1997-2003);
Juniors – boys and girls up to 20 years old (born in 2004-2006);
Cadets – boys and girls up to 17 years old  (born in 2007-2009);
Mini-cadets – boys and girls up to 14 years old (born in 2010-2012);
Hopes – boys and girls up to 11 years old (born in 2013-2014);
Mini-hopes – boys and girls up to 9 years old (born in 2015 and younger). (more…)

The International Draughts Federation (IDF) in accordance with the Calendar of the IDF competitions in 2023 holds in Türkiye from April 28 to May 7, 2023 the European Draughts-64 Championship among men and women.
Venue: The Beach Club Doğanay Hotel 5*, Alanya (Türkiye).

Ihar Mikhalchenka and Elena Scovitina are European Champions in Blitz! Ihar Mikhalchenka and Vera Khvashchynskaya became European Champions in Rapid! Roman Shchukin and Viktoryia Nikalayeva became European Champions in Classic game! See the results.
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The International Draughts Federation (IDF) in accordance with the Calendar of the IDF competitions in 2023 held in Türkiye from April 23 to May 2 , 2023 European Youth Draughts-64 Championship. Venue: The Beach Club Doğanay Hotel 5*, Alanya (Türkiye).

European Youth Championship in Turkey completed. See results.
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The International Draughts Federation (IDF) in accordance with the Calendar of the IDF competitions in 2023 holds in Türkiye International competitions in draughts-64 “Türkiye-2023” – World Cup. Venue: The Beach Club Doğanay Hotel 5*, Alanya (Türkiye).

Shchukin Roman and Fedorova Tunaara became the winners in the discipline – Blitz game (Brazilian version of draughts-64)! Multiple world champions Gavril Kolesov and Elena Sсovitina won the discipline – Rapid! Shchukin Roman and Arkhangelskaia Anastasiia won the discipline – Blitz! See the results.

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The International Draughts Federation (IDF) together with the Uzbekistan Draughts Federation in accordance with the Calendar of the IDF competitions in 2023 held from March 25  to April 8, 2023 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, International competition in draughts-64 “Uzbekistan-2023” – World Cup.

The World Cup in Uzbekistan has been completed. The absolute winner in all three disciplines was the international grandmaster Sergey Belosheev. In women, the winners were Anastasiia Arkhangelskaia in Blitz, Shakhzoda Tursunmurotova in Rapid, Nika Leopoldova in  Classic game. See the results.
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In the athletes / ratings section, new ratings in draughts-64 for men and for women for January 1, 2023 are published. See new ratings HERE

International Grandmasters Ihar Mikhalchenka and Elena Scovitina are still the first in the world ranking for 2023. (more…)

ATTENTION!

The calendar of events of the International Draughts Federation (IDF) for 2023 has been published.

See the calendar and updates HERE

In Georgia, in the city of Kobuleti, the main tournament of the year – World Draughts-64 Championship among men and women 2022 was held. Competitions were held from 11 to 20 October 2022. The prize fund of the World Championship was at least $30,000.

Mikhalchenka, Ihar and Nikalayeva, Viktoryia became world champions in World Rapid and Blitz Championships!
Valiuk, Andrei and Nikalayeva, Viktoryia became world champions in World Championships in classic game! See the results. (more…)

In Georgia, in the city of Kobuleti, the European Youth Championship in draughts-64 was held from 3 to 11 October, 2022. Competitions were held separately for boys and girls in 6 age groups up to 9, 11, 14, 17, 20 and 27 years old in three disciplines – Blitz, Rapid and Classic game.

The European Youth Championship in Georgia completed. See the results. (more…)